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No. 395,228. Patented Deo. 25, 1888.

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HENRY C. HARRIS, OF HIGGINSVILLE, MISSOURI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,228, dated December25, 1888.

Application filed September 3, 1888. Serial No. 284,508. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be .it known that I, HENRY C. HARRIS, a citizen ot' the United States,residing at Higginsville, in the county et' Lafayette and State otMissouri, have invented a new and uset'ul Knee-Shoe for Coal-Miners wholabor on their knees mining thin veins of coal; and I hereby give a fulldescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingand to letters marked thereon,which t'orm a part otI this speciiicatiou,and which drawing is a perspective view ot the kneeshoe and appendages.

In the accompanying drawing, the let-ter A indicates a concave piece ot"wood, metal, rubber, or paper, which may be termed the shoeecupf7 madeto litover a persons knee when in a kneeling position, there being a lowplace or notch, B, in the edge to receive the shin just below theknee-pan, and there is a tlange, C, round the shoe-cup A to hold a pieceof leather for the knee to stand on, the shoe-cup A being made out ot'wood, metal, rubber, or paper.

The letter D indicates a piece ot' leather or other 'fabric with astring or wire, E, braided into the out edge ot' the Yleather D and tiedfirmly under the l'lange C, the leather being stretched tight enough tosustain a person, so the knee cannot strike the bottom of the shoe-cup Aor come in contact. with any hard substance, and Vforms what may betermed a suspended knee bearing. By extending the ange (l round thenotch l and inclosing the notch B with the leather D the shoe-cup A canbe made wate1-tigl1t to keep the knees dry.

There is a thin board, F, which extends to the instep to protect theshin and attached to the shoe-cup A with hinges G G, so a person canwalk without misplacing or rocking the shoe-cup A, and which is also tohold the shoe-cup A up in its place, and in the lower end of the board Fthere is a notch, H, with a strap, I, stretched across the notch II toprevent gallin g the instep. There are also cleats J J on each edge ofthe board F, and a strap, K, stretched across the cleats J J to preventgall ing the shin.

The letters L I. indicate straps fastened round the ankle and leg belowthe knee, and M M straps fastened round the leg above the knee.

The letter N is a piece ot'` leather fastened to the shoe-cup A and toone of the straps M to protect the top ot the knee, and there are alsoears O O, fastened to the shoe-cup A, which extend upon each side of theknee, and straps or sticks PP, fastened to the straps M M on each sideot' the leg, which are corr nected to the ears O O with pivots orhinges@ Q, which permit the knee to bend back and forth, while alsoholding the shoe-cup A in its proper place on the knee.

IVhat I claim my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isW

i. The concave shoe-cup A,havin.g anotch, B, provided with the liange C,the pieces ot' leather D N, the string or wire E, and the straps forsecuring the parts to the leg, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination ot the con cave shoe-cup A, the board F, the hinges GG, the ears O O, sticks P I), the pivots or hinges Q. Q, secured to theshoe-cu p A, and straps for Afastening the parts to the leg,substantially as shown and described.

Dated at IIigginsville, Lafayette county, Missouri, July 25, i888.

HENRY C. HARRIS.

lVitnesses:

JOHN W. ENDLY, DANIEL HOEFER.

